Local paths in WinSCP are resolved relatively to WinSCP startup directory. Not to a directory where WinSCP.exe is.

To make a path relative to WinSCP.exe directory, use %WINSCP_PATH%.

In your case that is: %WINSCP_PATH%\..\edit\Notepad++\Notepad++.exe

It was always like this. Nothing has changed.

See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/local_path (note that this page didn't change ever since it was created in 2009 and the behavior is actually even older).

Same thing before - the application "doesn't exist".

NP++ is in ......\apps\edit\Notepad++
WINSCP is in ......\apps\net\WinSCP

I mean my question is basic - I want to have the text editor in a relative path to WinSCP because I use cloud bsaed drives. This was never a problem in the past and now so many issues.

What is the error message? What is the path relative to?

Still having issues... see attachment:

It's the forward slash. It won't work in any version this way. You have to use a backslash in Windows paths.

Here are more images since there was a limit

Yes, prior to 5.7.4 all was good!

It works for me, both with ..\PuTTY\putty.exe and PuTTY\putty.exe.
Can you post a screenshot of the configuration, the error message and the Windows explorer with the executable?
Was this introduced in 5.7.4? Does it work with 5.7.3?

I have an install that I share across networks, so I have paths relatively in the INI file.

In versions previous to 5.7.4, I could have "..\PuTTY\putty.exe" as my Putty integration. Since new version, it tells me "Not found". It doesn't work even if I put "PuTTY\putty.exe" (so putty dir inside WinSCP).

What should I do now?